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Medicine and health
Clinicians point to systemic barriers behind schizophrenia relapse
Media release
Early birth safer for mother and baby in high blood pressure pregnancies
A new Cochrane review published on World Preeclampsia Day (22 May) revealed that planned early birth for pregnant women with high blood pressure cuts maternal...
Medicine and health
Stellenbosch University scientists respond to Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda
Scientists at Stellenbosch University (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) have rapidly mobilised to support efforts to understand and contain...
Opinion and features
Pulmonary Hypertension: A global health crisis we must address
Pulmonary hypertension, a serious disease characterised by high blood pressure in the lungs, affects many people globally. To mark World Pulmonary Hypertension...
Medicine and health
SU researchers contribute to major stunting study
A new special issue of the journal Development Southern Africa brings together leading South African researchers, policymakers and practitioners to confront one...
Awards and milestones
70 years of remarkable milestones: FMHS celebrates its legacy of impact
Throughout 2026, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University will be celebrating a remarkable milestone: 70 years of advancing...
Awards and milestones
Bongani Mayosi Netcare Scholarship supports SU doctors tackling antibiotic resistance and AI in medicine
Dr Kessendri Reddy, a clinical microbiologist with a strong commitment to improving patient care, has been awarded the prestigious Professor Bongani Mayosi...